Total Crime Rate
69.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garden Grove area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 1242nd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Garden Grove (B20 1EH) in the last 12 months was 69.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% lower than the Handsworth Wood average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Grove (B20 1EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Amberley Green, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acfold Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
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